S3Express: Amazon S3 Command Line Utility

Amazon S3 command line utility for Windows. Copy, query, backup multiple files to S3 using the Windows command line.

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Known Errors with Solutions
 Error "400 - AuthorizationHeaderMalformed - The authorization header is malformed; Invalid credential date. Date is not the same as X-Amz-Date."
 Error 51 when accessing S3 buckets with periods (.) in the name
 InvalidRequest - The authorization mechanism you have provided is not supported. Please use AWS4-HMAC-SHA256.


Known Errors with Solutions


Error "400 - AuthorizationHeaderMalformed - The authorization header is malformed; Invalid credential date. Date is not the same as X-Amz-Date."

Error

When accessing Amazon S3, S3Express reports the error "400 - AuthorizationHeaderMalformed - The authorization header is malformed; Invalid credential date. Date is not the same as X-Amz-Date."

Solution

Please upgrade S3Express to version 1.5.10 or newer. Upgrading is free if you already purchased a license for S3Express version 1, see : www.s3express.com/kb/item29.htm



Error 51 when accessing S3 buckets with periods (.) in the name

Error

When accessing Amazon S3 buckets with periods (.) in the name, S3Express reports error "51 - SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name".

This error is caused by validation failure of the SSL certificate for the Amazon S3 servers.

Solution

Upgrade S3Express to version 1.5.4 or newer. Upgrading is free if you already purchased a license for S3Express version 1, see: www.s3express.com/kb/item29.htm



InvalidRequest - The authorization mechanism you have provided is not supported. Please use AWS4-HMAC-SHA256.

Error

When accessing Amazon S3 buckets that are located in the new AWS Germany (Frankfurt) region, S3Express reports the error "400 - InvalidRequest - The authorization mechanism you have provided is not supported. Please use AWS4-HMAC-SHA256."

Solution

The new AWS signature version 4 is required to access buckets in the new AWS Germany (Frankfurt) region. Please upgrade S3Express to version 1.5.5 or newer. Upgrading is free if you already purchased a license for S3Express version 1, see : www.s3express.com/kb/item29.htm


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